The latest onslaught of new television shows debuting this Fall may have different characters and storylines, but they all contribute to the same cause – to push forth a pro-American war sentiment. ‘S.W.A.T,’ ‘Seal Team,’ and ‘The Brave,’ all showcase American soldiers in a ‘save-the-world’ complex. This ensures that television viewers have no doubt who to cheer for in the fictional world and of course, in the real world.

Tensions with North Korea are at an all-time high, the Middle East remains in shambles and there has never been this many question marks surrounding Russia in decades. The United States is a country of divided cultures and ideologies and never has a president created such polarizing conversations.

So what better time than to introduce entertaining propaganda disguised in televised format, to convince the war-mongering attitudes of the USA can continue despite a fervent anti-war and anti-gun movement within its boundaries. The shows will paint Middle Easterners as hell-raising terrorists’ intent on destroying America. The shows will cast the foreigners as villainous antagonists threatening nuclear war. And most importantly, the programs will continue to show American soldiers and government officials in a favorable light.

What a grandiose chunk of the population seems to know, that America are the intruders and the aggressors, does not matter. The American war-machine can’t be stopped and television will continue to help push this agenda, regardless of the inaccuracies.